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A Convenient and Environmentally Benign Method of Reducing Aryl Ketones or Aldehydes by Zinc Powder in an Aqueous Alkaline Solution
Author(s) -
Zhang ChaoZhi,
Yang Hui,
Wu DeLin,
Lu GuoYuan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
chinese journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1614-7065
pISSN - 1001-604X
DOI - 10.1002/cjoc.200790122
Subject(s) - chemistry , aqueous solution , zinc , aryl , sodium hydroxide , reducing agent , methylene , density functional theory , organic chemistry , functional group , phenols , zinc hydroxide , aldehyde , catalysis , computational chemistry , alkyl , polymer
A convenient and environmentally benign method for reducing the carbonyl group in hydroxy‐ and amino‐ 9,10‐anthracenediones, ortho (or para ) acyl phenols and acyl anilines to a methylene group by zinc powder in an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was reported. Based on theoretical calculations using the density functional theory (DFT), the mechanism of these reduction reactions was postulated. This mechanism can be applied to help predicting the reduced products of aryl ketones (or aldehydes) in an alkaline solution.